Goddard Memorial Park Improvements – Warwick RI

City:
Warwick, RI

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Shelters, Picnic and Other Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1936

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

WPA crews built fireplaces and reproduction Narragansett Indian villages for Warwick’s 300th anniversary in 1936. Crews also built a field house in the park, but it does not appear to be extant. The precise location of fireplaces is unclear in the roughly 400 acre park.

Source notes

Rhode Island Parks

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 21, 2016.

Location Info

1095 Ives Rd
East Greenwich, RI 02818
Kent County

Coordinates: 41.660319, -71.430931

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